Education Classes

Discover great ideas, learn new skills and earn CEUs with the industry’s best education for agriculture, landscape and golf irrigation. Whether you are new to the industry or a seasoned professional, IA education classes teach concepts and practical skills you can implement immediately.

IA classes include

real-world applications and irrigation case studies.

current techniques, field-tested information and best practices.

instructors with industry expertise and proven teaching experience.

Education classes are priced separately and are not included in the full registration fee. Each class registration includes a free exhibits-only pass, which includes access to exhibits, the new product contest, show floor presentations, keynote address and general session.

Soil-Plant-Air-Continuum

Advanced | Agriculture, Landscape & Golf | 2 CEUsThursday, Dec. 6, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.Master advanced concepts related to the soil-plant-air-continuum. This course covers how plants use water for transpiration and photosynthesis, store energy from the sun for use by other living things, and use and emit carbon and oxygen in a continuous cycle that is essential to life.Member $80 | Nonmember $105 (includes handouts)

Irrigation Components for Residential/Light Commercial Systems

Beginner | Landscape | 4 CEUsMonday, Dec. 3, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Increase your understanding of components for residential and small
commercial irrigation systems. This half-day course covers system
components from the point of connection to the point of water
application, including how control systems, valves, sprays and rotors
work.Member $125 | Nonmember $165 (includes handouts)

Beginner | Landscape l 4 CEUsFriday, Dec. 7, 8:00 am.-12:00 p.m.This four-hour class includes an overview of the advantages of drip
systems, parts and components; where to install line source or point
source systems; pressure compensating emitters; basic design;
hydrozoning; and determining how many emitters per plant. Class includes
some hands-on practice with fittings, assembly and retrofitting spray
zones. This class will be taught in Spanish.Member $125 l Nonmember $165 (includes handouts)

Landscape Business Basics

Managing a Landscape Irrigation Service Company: Water Management & Technology

Intermediate | Business | 4 CEUsMonday, Dec. 3, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.This class will help one develop an understanding of the relevant differences between an installation and a service business. We will look at how today's service business has changed dramatically into a "landscape water management business" and develop the tools needed to implement these services. We will also explore the many ways technology impacts this type of business from new controllers of the software and systems for managing a service company.Member $125 | Nonmember $165 (includes handouts)

The Business of Landscape Irrigation Contracting

Intermediate | Business | 8 CEUsTuesday, Dec. 4, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.This class provides several opportunities for students to be exposed to current business practices in strategic planning, business finances and marketing through presentation of relevant topics, group discussions and exercises on best practices. This is designed to be an engaging day focused on business management that irrigation contractors can use to successfully grow their companies.Member $190 | Nonmember $250 (includes handouts)

Intermediate | Business | 4 CEUsWednesday, Dec. 5, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Retaining well-trained service technicians is one of the largest challenges facing the irrigation service business. This class will explore the difficulties contractors encounter and present strategies for finding, hiring, training and keeping service technicians. This class will present some hands-on models for pricing, including understanding costs and models for technician and service contract rates. Lastly, different marketing topics, including service contracts and promotion will be discussed.Member $125 | Nonmember $165 (includes handouts)

Bidding & Estimating Landscape Irrigation Systems

Intermediate | Business | 8 CEUsWednesday, Dec. 5, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.Develop bids that win jobs based on accurate estimates that keep your company in the black. This full-day course includes hands-on practice on the best contractor bidding systems. This class requires a laptop with Microsoft Office Excel 1997 or later.Member $250 | Nonmember $330 (includes manual/software)

Math Refresher Seminar – FREE

Don’t let anything stand in the way of exceptional performance in the field, in IA classes and on certification exams. This two-hour session is an intensive review of the most common calculations and formulas used in irrigation system design, installation, audits and maintenance.